All goes to the bottom.
Fla.Defer, my lord, to the last.
I’ll save you if I may. I will go armed
To the trial.
Pis.Act for thyself; think not of me.
Now bear my word to Rufus. Go this way.
[Exit, showing Flavus out.
SCENE · 3
The previous scene withdraws and discovers an open court of the palace disposed for the trial, the seats in a half-circle. Nero’s at centre, back, the seat for the Judge at left front: the raised platform for the accused at right front. Guards behind NERO, and lining the half-circle.